Item 21A Journal of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry, of that Worthy Elder, and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, William Edmundson, Who Departed this Life, the Thirty First of the Sixth Month, 1712
Life of the introducer of the Society of Friends, or Quakerism, to Ireland. Of American interest for the description of three trips he made to America, in 1671, 1675, and 1683, including descriptions of some of the Indian Wars in Rhode Island during this period. Edmundson had previously fought in Cromwell's Parliamentary army, and would eventually be imprisoned under James II for protesting the treatment of Irish Protestants. The Dublin issue of the work is considered the first edition, with this London issue following later in the same year. Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper: "Richard Leavers Book - 1793";.....